Will 2016 Be The Year of Africa for Me?
In my 5 years of traveling, I’ve realized that my coolest adventures were also the most impulsive ones.
In my 5 years of traveling, I’ve realized that my coolest adventures were also the most impulsive ones.
We leave behind the traffic of Port Louis and maneuver our wayΒ through a small winding road that leads us uphill for a good twentyΒ minutes. At an unassuming orange-colored FrenchΒ villa where we pull up, theΒ warm hospitality of Jean-Michel and his wife JoanΒ awaits me. WeΒ exchange niceties and my request for water quickly gets upgraded to aΒ rum punch. I’m in Mauritius after all, and it doesnt matter that it’sΒ just after mid day or that I’ve just landed here after a sleepless 7.5 hourΒ flight from Delhi! Shivya NathWelcome to my blog, The Shooting Star. Iβve been called a storyteller, writer, photographer, digital nomad, “sustainability influencer,” social entrepreneur, solo traveller, vegan, sustainable tourism consultant and environmentalist. But in my heart, Iβm just a girl who believes that travel – if done right – has the power to change us and the world we live in.
I caught my first glimpse of the mesmerizing blue shades of the Indian Ocean from the window seat of a turbulent flight. As we geared for landing, the clouds parted to reveal a turquoise water body surrounding a tiny island; I’m not quite sure if the island was indeed Mauritius or one of its many neighbors in the ocean, but that first glimpse was everything I had dreamt about on my first trip to this paradisiacal island (and indeed my first time in the continent of Africa). Shivya NathWelcome to my blog, The Shooting Star. Iβve been called a storyteller, writer, photographer, digital nomad, “sustainability influencer,” social entrepreneur, solo traveller, vegan, sustainable tourism consultant and environmentalist. But in my heart, Iβm just a girl who believes that travel – if done right – has the power to change us and the world we live in.